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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

the voice of THE PALATKA NEWS will be
will emit no uncertain sound. The
truth-the naked truth-can never hurt
Florida; it is only when her native
charms are hid beneath the meretricious
colors laid on by the Calamity Liar that
she becomes unattractive or disgusting.
One great feature of our summer work
must be the earnest and persistent pre-
sentation of the truth in such shape that
her charms shall attract the eye of the
great public and defeat the determined
efforts of our detractors.
There is room here for labor and capt.
tai and new business in a thousand
shapes This is a proposition needing
no demonstration to ourselves, but the
proof must be presented clearly and
forcibly to the eyes of others Florida,
forth build her prosperity on solid
business basis, and this foundation can
be laid lasting and deep by the efforts of
such bodies as our Board of Trade. In
this new movement every citizen and
every interest Is concerned and all
should cooperate heartily and fully.
We may also do much for ourselves
Immediately at home. Something be-
sides palatial hotels, tropical scenery and
a balmy cline we must have ready foF
the next season. Let us make our
streets attractive, our roads smooth
perfect our sanitary condition and en-
sure quiet and order in our towns.
These, if they bring not one additional
tourist, will pay an exorbitant interest
on the investment i'll health and luxury
to ourselves.
And in all questions affecting transpor-
tation. immigration, sanitation, the col
lection of statistics, the finances or COM
merce of our section, Palatka's sister
towns may join with her and make the
common voice potential in its effect on
the outside world. We shall save time
and money by working together.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
Little Lord FauntIeroy's- Goodness.

In the excitement OccasioDed by the
discovery of fire in Mrs. Frances Hodgson
Burnett house the other day, little Lord
Fauntleroy," the authors son, never lost
his self possession-at least. he thinks he
didn't. After all, this young gentleman.
whom his mother book has made famous,
did do more, perhaps, than a hundred
grown men would have done under SIM
liar circumstances. While the excitement
was at its height my lord procured step
ladder. took it into the parlor and re-
moved blue glass globe from one of the
chandeliers, regardless of the many valu
able pieces of brio brac strewn about
the room, and bore it TO place of safety.
The intention was all right. of course; it
was only the Judgment that was at fault.
The mothers rescue was accomplished,
not without difficulty. by newspaper
correspondent and colored man living
in the neighborhood. Mrs Burnett was
found living on bed in her room, utterly
prostrate1. Wrapped in "a piano cover.
and with the correspondent overcoat
thrown around her shoulders, she was
lifted and carried to nciSIIbor's house,
where she remained until all danger was
past. The house was damaged more by
the water than the fire. 1t bad only re-
Gently been completed. Washington Cor.
New York Tribune.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
Cleveland and Grady.


1t is widely believed that President
Cleveland will he renominated next
year. Who lis to hold the second place
on the ticket:
In ante-beIlum days it was the inva-
riable practice To take either the Presi-
dent or Vice President from the South.
That was changed by the war.
But the war was ended more than
twenty years ago. \ new South has
commercially and socially but also POI
litically. The country has become re-
united-one again. The causes that for
a time barred Southern statesman from
national political preferment have lost
all the force they ever had. Southern
Legislators. cabinet officers, foreign min
listers and Judges have been wisely called
into the national service. Is it not time
that the second highest office of honor
in the government be again opened tn
the South.
The Herald says Yes. The Democratic
party can now we'll afford To name a
Southern for the Vice Presidency. and
it may strengthen its ticket by doing so.
What SOutherner Is most widely and
favorably known. North as well as
South: BY popular acclaim Henry w.
Grady, of Atlanta, will at once be ac-
corded that distinction. lie has the con-
fidence, not only of the party, but also
of the entire country. and his name as
Vice President on the ticket headed by
MIR. Cleveland would arouse democratic
enthusiasm throughout the land.
The Herald proposes this ticket for
1888:
For President
GROVER CLEVELAND.
of New York.
For Vice President.
HENRY W. GRADY.
of Georgia
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
Solomon Judgment in China.

Two women came before a mandarin
in China, runs an ancient Chinese chron-
icle, each of them protesting that she
was the mother of little child they had
brOught with them. They were so eager
and positive that the mandarin was
sOrely puzzled. He retired to consult
with his wife who was a wise and clever
woman, whose opinion was held in great
repute in the neighbOrhOOd.
She requested five minutes in which
to- deliberate. At the end of that time
she spoke:
Let the servants catch me a large fish
in the river, and let it be brought me
here alive"
This was done.
Bring me now the infant" she said,
but leave the women in the outer
chamber"
This was done too. Then the manda-
rims wife caused the baby to be I'M
dressed, and its clothes put on the large
fish.
Garry the creature outside now, and
throw it into the river in the sight of the
two women"
The servant obeyed her orders, fling
ing the fish into the water, where 1t
rolled about and struggled. Disguised.
no doubt, by the rapping in which it
was swaddled.
"iuout Il HlOHlctll > pause, one Oh lne
mothers threw herself into the river with
a shrek. She must save her drowning
child.
Without doubt, she is the true
mother" she declared; and the manda-
rims wife commanded that she should be
rescued and the child given to her
Without doubt she Is the true
mother" she declared. And the man
DARN nodded his head, and thought his
wife the wisest woman in the Flowery
Kingdom. Meantime, the false mother
crept away. She was found out i'll her
impOsture, and the mandarin's wife for
get all about her in the occupation of
dressing the little baby in the best silk
she could find in her wardrobe
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
Henry Ward Beecher's Property.

Mr. Beecheri property Is said To he
worth $40. 900. most If it being personal
property. For tie Fast four years he
had received salary Of $lJ. a year
from Plymouth church. For years be-
fore that SEQ, 900 a year Lad been allotted
him, and during the famous Tilton con-
troversy 100000 a year WAS granted
him as "a mark of confidence in hi5 intcg-
rity ard to enable him 10 meet the eN-
penses of his suit. In the lecture field
he received never less than $3.50 a night
nor more than 5000. This would net
him about S14. 900 = year. Then he re-
ceived Il royalty Of about $4,000 uron
some books written in his earlier days,
prominent among which was Lectures
to Young Men" Ills syndicate news
paper letter. which he continued up TO
the time of his illness, ncttcd linn So a
week. This income, though almost
princely. was spent by Mr. Geechcr in
ornamenting his household and iii charity.
His house was n perfect cabinet Of Curl
osites.-Boston Transcript.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
Linen Paper Versus Cotton Paper.

By dint of frequent repetition, the
statement that two kinds of paper, dis
tinguished rs cotton paper and linen, or,
as it is often called, rag paper, were in
common use in Europe from a very early
period has gradually come to be gener-
ally accepted as true by photographers
and antiquarians. Upon equally good
authority it is commonly believed that,
while cotton paper was introduced into
Europe by the Arabs in the Seventh or
Eighth century. linen Tor rag) paper was
a European invention of much later date.
But the time and place Of the invention
of linen paper, notwithstanding the long
and learned controversies of the last cent
ury, have remained shrouded in mys-
terry; nor does there seem to be any i'm
mediate prospect of arriving at definite
conclusion concerning these points. In
the light of recent discoveries, however.
the main question at issue, the compare
tive antiquity Of cotton and linen paper,
is in a fair way soon to be solved, If in
deed we have not already before US evi-
dence amply sufficient to enable us to
reach final decision, and decision in
direct opposition to the current belief
Chicago Times.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
Work for the Summer.

IL Florida be true to herself. the
coming winter will be the most prosper
GUS season she has ever known. The
time has gone by when only wind was
necessary to inpel the ships of her pros
perity into the glad haven of financial
success. The era of paper towns and
noisy demonstrations as features of
a boom has now been consigned To the
limbo of the past. Our business men
must come To the front and work out
their own salvation and that of their
State. A good beginning has been made,
but it is only beginning. Concentrated
effort is necessary To secure a maximum
of good ut a minimum of cost. and all
true men must stand shoulder to shout
der and devote their best energies to the
welfare of the whole The summer is
the seed time for others besides the
farmer, and we must not sleep supinelv
ON the laurels or dollars already won, if
we would reap the full harvest which
will ripen next winter
The Calamity Liar is already at work
and Jones is industriously circulating
the idea, regardless of facts, that Florida
is no longer the winter resort, par er-
ceiience of the United States. Such
an article as that copied by us from the
Florida Herald on yesterday is of meal
culable benefit to the State, and the eff.
forts of such a paper should be appre-
ciated. Ii should be remembered also
that the power of the Times onion to in
lure our State and people is now materi
ally diminished Heretofore all reports
from this section to the Associated Press
passed through the hands Of the editor
of that Journal and were eolored to suit
his views and prejudices. Hencefortl
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
CROSS QUESTIONING A WITNESS.
A Reasonable Way and Unreasonable
One-A Nervous Mans Experience.

-
One-A Nervous Mans Experience.
have a nervous friend who was once
unlucky enough to be called as witness
in a law suit in this city He was quite
an important witness He was, more
over, a decent, sober man, who had never
harmed or wronged any one in his quiet
life. When he went ON the stand he was
nearly crazy from nervousness. and when
the defense began To cross examine him
he probably imagined himself in a much
lower and less reputable region than New
York In order to deprive his testimony
of value tine lawyers tried to blacken his
character. They turned him over and
twisted him inside out and gave him
altogether shocking shaking up. without
damaging his veracity. But they did
damage his nerves, and they took a,ivan-
tage of his evident agitation 10 bully,
abuse and threaten him. till the Judge
came to his rescue and sent him home to
keep his bed for a week. He SAYS that If
lie is ever summoned to give testimony
again he will commit a murder, for he
would rather lie the guilty prisoner in the
dock than the innocent witness on the
stand.
There Is good deal of justice in his
conclusion, for a witness in court has no
rights the lawyers feel themselves called
OH to respect. LII he preserves his nerve,
keeps a cool head. or knows enough to
demand the protection of the court when
the bullying goes too far, lie NAV pull
through fairly well. But the chances are
that if lac is of sufficient importance TO he
worth discrediting there will Ec very
little of his character left when he es-
capes, and he will crawl home feeling
Ike n thief and tho law 4. f,1-
tile rage. In the Gases of women have
known the experience of an hour on the
witness stand to produce most serious CT
fects. for many of the gallants of the bar
have no respect for sex when there is a
fee 10 earn. 1t il only a year back that the
wife of q man know was baited into a
miscarriage by the police court counsel
of a servant who had been arrested for
theft, with the stolen objects III her
pockets.
Considering the great liberties they
take with the public, the gentlemen Of
lar should certainly not object To having
the public take a few little Liberties with
them. Yet on two occasions. L remem-
her well known criminal lawyers, who
had irritated decent witnesses beyond
endurance, to have demanded the com
mitment of their victims for contempt
when their annoyance led them to make
a sharp reply to an impairment and
alb. sive question. 1t is easy to under
st: ID the necessity of close questioning
in the formation of evidence, and the
refutation of charges. but there is rea-
sonable way of cross questioning wit
ness and an unreasonable one. The priv
lege of abuse ought to be hmited.-A
fred Tumble i'm New York News.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

The new daily in Jacksonville now
rises from the ashes of the Morning
Ne,rs and will henceforth assert its
claim to soar with the best. Its flight
will probably be guided by the expert
ence and ability of Charles f. Merrill
writers in the South and his orthodox
democracy is beyond suspicion. We
welcome the new enterprise and the
new editor as fresh strength added to
the cause of right, and we rejoice that
the caustic pen of John Narnum will
continue to provide us amusement and
instruction.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

There seems to be little prospect for
the passage of Senator McKinne's Rail-
road Commission Bill, but 1t would do
no harm to make our protests against it
loud and deep. If it ever becomes a law
it will injure the people more than the
railroads, and it is as repugnant to the
spirit of our institutions as it is abhor-
rent to justice and common sense. Those
who propose such laws cannot do so IN
the interests of the people.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
New Name for Ii.

n pretty good joke that; the Times
Union stating that Bro. Gore, of the Or
iando Reporter, came to Florida Re
publican. We were working in his Of
flee in the Great Northwest" twelve
years ago, and TO our certain knowledge
he was. and has been since, genuine
Democrat, although he never carried a
corkscrew.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
RIOxham and Drew.

The great work of Governor Bloxham
has been brought forth and deals with
the matters at issue between himself and
Governor Drew. We have read careful
" the five lengthy columns consumed in
the presentation of the question, and sim
cerely deprecate the arrangement of the
matter. The Little sale and the Gordon
matter are old stories, Mr.. Pope has now
no living interest for the people of Flor
ida in connection with either Drew or
Bloxham and none of us care whether
Drew paid his debts in Georgia or not.
All this might have been omitted or
greatly abridged.
But there is one point wherein we are
thoroughly disappointed by the reading
of this Btagnunt opus where exhaustive
fulness would have been welcome in
stead of supreme condensation. We had
hoped that Mr.. Bloxham would throw
some light on the Drainage Fraud only
to find our hopes previously disap-
pointed. For the sake of Mr. Bloxham,
the good of the party and the gain of the
State, we have looked for some reason
able explanation of a fact which now
stands alone-''grand, gloomy and pc
culiar" as Napoleon's character. Mr.
Bloxham pleads the baby act as follows
and leaves us still in the dark rs to how
and why the State has lost one million
acres of land
As an individual, 1 am perfectly will
ing to plant myself upon the report of
Colonel j. j. Daniel and associates, and
leave to their Judgment whether any
thing has been done inconsistent with
duty. / am satisfied that they entertain
for our Board sentiments of thorough es-
TEEN and confidence, and that as far as
any investigation has gone, there has
been nothing developed which impugns
our integrity or suggests corrupt intent. -
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
THE DAILY NEWS

TIE DAILY NEWS Is published every morn
t,g except Monday and delivered by carriers
in the city or mailed, postage free, y Tor three
,ncnths Al for six months, or s. per annum-
Tar WrrKIY NEWS is a large four-page 1-
column paper, published every Friday. con,
tanning all the news of the week, loeal anu
weneral 1t is the largest and handsomtse
weekly paper published in Florida; ana VIII Dt
maiIed postage free, for 81 "A year, or % cents
for six months. Specimen copies ifee L" amy
address. =, -. - t;,,., for
Local advertisements, 10 cents per Inc io y
FIRST insertion, and 10 cents per line t1r eavn
Ger line Reduced rates ON continued anNef-
tisements. - -, ., rata
All advertising bills become ale p,o va a
.very month Special and short-time payabie
In advance -, a~rress
All remittances should pt, maae oS eNP''SS'
mOney-order or registered letter
Address, III n, narna
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

The interest manifested in the various
standing committees of the Board OF
Trade Yesterday was most gratifying.
and promises excellent results. The
Committees on Public Improvement,
Manufactures and Education did work
whose influence viii soon be widely felt.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

The New York Heraid-''prince of the
mugwumps,' is out for Cleveland and
Grady. This reveals the missing link
in the evolution of a good democrat, for
the paper which can propose such
ticket will be taken Immediately into full
fellowship. Grady's only weakness is In
the undoubted democracy of Georgia,
but the proposition will roll as sweet
,,,oroaI ON Southern tOpOueS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05
He Shouldn't Smoke.

Never trust the man who goes down
cellar or out in the barn to smoke, He
is either henpecked. or he is of score
tive, selfish disposition. If good pipe
and good cigar cannot make him
frankly social and reflective, he deserves
to be classed among the pusillanimous
and chickened-heayfedb Doors.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

The Times Union is convinced that the
..Ieoislature will not heed the Voice OF
the people Perhaps our representa-
tives are obdurate because they identity
the BRAY of Jones as it proceeds from I'M
der the lions skin.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

The Times Union complains OF the re-
ceipt of communications rom az"
anonymous blackguard called Au
Revoir. Courses, like chickens, come
home to roOst.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

Gen Boulanger was the son Of . poor
advocate at Nantes and . beautiful Eng
hshwoman, and in his boyhood was as
vain and theatrical as now. He would
often 60 without his lunch in order to save
money for the purchase Of lemon colored
Kid gloves. -Chicago Times.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-05

..Finger idly some old Gordian Knot, =,
InaIiIled Ia loosen and too weak To cieave,
but contemporary is reminded that
neither Hercules nor 1.-The wish OF the
people ever conquered Asia or visited
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-29
Virginia Politics.

It is understood among the Virginia
politicians that Ex-Governor Cameron
and Senator Riddleberger are ecting in
close concert in the maturing of plans to
thvart General Mahone's ambition to
succeed Riddleberger in the Senate.
Among other reports IS one that they
contemplate making oTertures to the
Democratic managers in Virginia for q
Joint combination against Malone. But
although this rumor finds ready credence
in some quarters, those in position to
know do not believe it to have the least
foundation. Whatever influence the two
Young leaders have must be IN the ranks
OF their own party, and there can be no
inducament for the Democrats to make
any personal alliance with them. That
they both are resolved to leaveno means
untried to defeat General Malone is IN
DOUBTED. All Virginia politicians of eX-
perience agree that if Republican Leg
isiature is elected General Malone is
bound to be its choice for Senator.
Probably the best course - Cameron
and Eidd!cberger and their supporters
viii be to pursue 2 course OF mastery
inactivity, but they are too much inter
csted to adopt such a course IS this.
The Virginia Democrats express the ut
most confidence in their own ability to
carry the Legislature In the meantime
General Mahone, vho is apparently
keeping perfectly quiet, IS undoubtedly
bard at work laying his own plans and
viii be prepared to spring them II his
OWE time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-29
Money Made in Coffee.

Among the people in Wall street who
do not put op mourning over the break
in the prices Of coffee il NeH York and
in wheat il Chicago are the followers CT
Henry Clews X Co. Mr.. Clews said re-
Gently that his firm had paid oct to Gus
toners over $780, COS n profits on coffee
deals, anG that the decline il wheat had
made difference OF over Sl,5OO,O0 IL
the credits of his Office. ''We 10 =
strictly commission business" said Alr.
CieHs; 'but We do rot propose to allow
ora. customers to buy or sell through
tlIis house unless in our judgment they
viii realize returns Tor the money they
VIII invest. \ week or ten days ago the
representatives of one OF tx ocal agen-
cies came to ne and said he had been
depa:e3 to get the opinion Of the princi-
pal brokers OF the street upon the sltlla-
ton and prospects. l told him | was a
bear on everything, and told him why |
believed stocks would go lower, and why
the wheat corner and the coffee corner
had reached about the limit. He
laughed and SAID I was alone, for all th.:
men he had seen believed in higher
prices al around. I have not seen him
since. but 1 feel much like laughing my
self to-day. It is not luck; it is the re-
suit OF close study OF the situation.
History repeats itself here as well as
elsewhere. Il has dc-o 80 now; it will
do 50 hereafter, and we have not seen.
the lowest prices yet. Wheat will go
much lower, for the Chicago corner peo-
pie are knocked out for as least a year to
come"